Charles mtjller



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Cigar Machine.

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Be it known' that I, CHARLES MLLER, of,Albany, in the county of Albany,andfState of New York, have invented a new and improved Cigar-MakersMachineg and I do hereby deblare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to` make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming -part of this specification, in which-` Figure 1,sheet 1, is a side 'elevation of my invention.4

.Figure 2 is a front elevation. V' l,

. Figure 3 is a. view of the position'of scoop S, wrapper a, and troughO, during the finishing process off'llihg the cigar-wrapper by mymachine.

i Figure-4 is a view of scoop S.

On SheetNo. 2, Figures to 7, inclusive, illustrate the various stages`ofthe process of. manufacturing cigars by my machine. l i f Similarletters of reference indicate'like parts in all the figures.

The principalobject of my invention is to facilitate the manufacture ofcigars by means of a nuaehine,couA sisting of a. self-weighing scale,which is filled from a revolving drum, as will be more fully hereinafterdescribed` Another object of my invention is to enable the operator toplace the proper amount of filling into the wrapper, andl also'ltoA givethe wrapper so filled the best possible form, preparatory to the rollingup of the wrapperl or binder, which is accomplished by means of a scoop,held and operated by the hand of the'cigar-manufacturer,

and used in combination with a curvedmetallic plate, as will behereinafter more fully described.

My invention consists in the construction of a. drum orreceptacle, intowhich the lling or prepared tobacco is placed, and by the revolution of`said drum the lling is caused to pass througl1 openings in itscircumference, and dropping upon a poised scale, which, when filled,empties its contents into a hoppeplaced below it, and thence intoA atrough, where it is further manipulated, as will be more fullydescribed, in combination with a'series of levers, a cord and weight,and ratchet-wheel and its detent-pawls, as will be hereinafter morefully described. I A

A designates the drum, which is lmade cylindrical in its centralportion, and conical at its ends, as shown in fig. 2, sheet 1. It ismade of `this shape so as to vcause the cigar-fillings placed within itto fall more easily from the'openings e e,'in its central portion, andto enter the hopper D D beneath it.

E designates a scale-pan, formed with sides and a back end, as shown iniigs. 1 and `2, Sheet No.' 1. Said scale-pan has an arm, Z, extendingfrom itsbacl: end, as shown iu fig. 1, sheet 1. The arm Z issuspended.`and revolves or tnrns'upon apivot or wire, Z'. Underneath andat the end of arm Z- is a rod, g, having a set-screw, G, at its outerend, and an elevated weight, F, attached to its inner end. "i Saidweight F slides upon the arm Z of the scale, and is regulated by theset-screw G.

Projectingy from one side of' the arm Z is a wire, p, which strikes thelever L when the Scale-pan is llcd and tipped down'by thc weight of thelling thrown into it from the drum A. Thevlever L being attached tolever H by connectingn'od K, as shown in the same figure on Sheet No. 1,dcprcsses the,opposte en d of lever H, and' causes the detent a toengage in the teeth of the ratchet-wheel B, and -stops the motion of thedrum A until thc scale-pan E is returned to its horizontal position,ready to be again filled.

l) P designate'a hopper placed below the scale-pan E, and a littleforward of the same, so as to receive the surplus fillings that may fallfrom hopper D D when the scale-pan Eis down. The surplus fillingswillfall upon the back end of the scale-pan, and be'conducted into thehopper PIP', 'as may readily be `seen by an inspectionA of'hg. 1,sheet 1. A

R R designates a hopper, into which the contents of the scale-pan E arereceived and conducted into trough O, 'which is placed at ythe bottomofthe machine, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, on Sheet No. 1, and in all thegureson Sheet No. 2.

vO designates a receiving-trough, which may be made of the form shown iniig. `l,h sheet 1-, or as shown in.

all the figures onSheet No. 2. The back end of said trough O is curved,as shown at in vfigs. 1, 2, and 5, on Sloot No. This curved form `of tbeback end of 'the trough renders it casyfto remove the filling from thetrough to the binder or wrapper U, by means of the scoop-S, as shown infig. l5, Sheet No. 2. i

W designates a metallic plate fastened to the bottom 'boa-rd of themachine, and at the end ot' and under the trough O, as shownin lig,1,'sheet 1.` The outer end of said plate Wis curved upwards, and nearlyvsemicircularly, as shown in the same figure.

On one side of trough O,and near its end, is'zittached a lcordhf, whichruns upwards' to the Atop and back ofthe machine, and is suspended overa pulley, d, andhas a balance-weight, g', attached to it, as shown infig. 1,Slieet1. Y I M designates a bent lever, having a pulley, e,attached to its upper end, and a balance-n'eight, It or L, at itslciverend; its lower end is also cut away in its central portion, so` asto admit of the passage ot' lever N throughit, as shown in iig. 2, SheetNo.. 1. i s

N designates a lever, one end of which is attached. to u. pivot at oneside of the trough O; v Its opposite end has a shoulder, m, cut in to itnear its endv for the vpurpose of engaging with a wire, N, placed acrossand near the bottom of lever M. When the trough O is'thrown upwards' theshoulder or recess m, moving against Vthe pin n, raises the lower endof, lever M, causing .the upper or pulleyend of lever M to raise thebent arm J of lever I, and thus depress the short arm rot' lever'I uponthe teeth of the ratchet-wheel, and thereby' relieve the detent-pawl a,so that lever L may -Fall again to its normal position, and the drumAlina-y be putfin motion again. v i

'.l designates a suitable frame of wood, into which the various parts ofmy machine are mounted, as represented in side and front elevations infigs. 1 and 2, Sheet No'. 1. f v

The lower part eti-the machine may be used alone, without the drum andhoppers, and scale-pan and levers'v 'operating the seme, usin` only thecordfand its weight g, thctrough O, the curved metallic plate W, and thescoop. S, all as shown on Sheet No. 2.

S designates a, metal-lic scoop, the form of which is clearly shown inthe'drawings. Its use is to draw the cigar-filling -from the back partoil trough O into lthe wrapper or binder U', as shown in figs. 5, 6, and7, on Sheet No. A l y The operation or mode of using my invention willbe as follovvs:

The filling for thecigars having been previously prepared and reduced tothe right size, are put into the drum A, which is provided with a door,b, and is made to revolve upon proper bearings by means of a clank, C,oir 'a belt, or by any suitable power. A-'tvrapper or hinder, U, isplaced upon the metallic plate W, one-half' oi' said wrapper or1 binderhanging over the edge of the`plate W, as shown in tig. 4, Sheet No. 2.

The quantity of fillingnecessary for the cigar having` been-deposited bythe scale-pan E, as-above'described, or in any othermanner, the scoop Sis then used, as shownv in lic. 5, to draw the filling z' upon thewrapper or binder U, and to compress the seme into the curved recessformed by the metallic plate W, as shown in lig. 6. The hand of theoperator holding the scoop S in the position shown in iig. 6, hethenthrows up the trough O, as shown in `iig. "t", the cigar is thenv rolledand finished in the usual well-knovvn manner.

It will he seen that the Weight of filling required for the differentsizes of cigars is regulated by the position of the balancc-\veigbt F,which'is doneby turning,l the set-screw G, to :titer4 the distance oi'the elevated Weight Firo'm the fui'crum Z. ofthe scale-beam or arrn Z. I

By this process of manufacturingcigars they may b e made ot`-a moreuniform size, weight, and shape'than theycan be by the usual ordinarymode -or process.

Having thus'described the vconstruction andthe inode of operation of myinvention, what I claim as' new, and desire to secure by' LettersPatent, is-

1. The combination of trough O'with the curved metallic plate W, or itsequivalent, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. i' v- 2. Thescoop S', in combination with the trough O and curved plate lV.

3. .The combination of drum A, hoppers D D', P P', and R R', scale-panE, ratchet-wheel B, levers H and I, M and N, substantially as and forithe purpose setforth.

4. In combination with the' subject-matter of my third claim, the troughO, metallic curved plate W, and cordj' and weight g, substantially asshown and described. i

i 5. The within-described process ofmanut'acturing cigars, substantiallyas shown andin the'inanner set forthl.

o f CHARLES MLLER. Witnesses:

O. FAsoLD'r, S. Mauna.

